Mathematics | Course : Model Algebra I (Traditional Pathway)
Domain - The Real Number System
Cluster - Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.
[AI.N-RN.B.3] - Explain why the sum or product of two rational numbers is rational; that the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational; and that the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is irrational.
- Irrational number
A number that cannot be expressed as a quotient of two integers, e.g.,√2 . It can be shown that a number is irrational if and only if it cannot be written as a repeating or terminating decimal. - Rational number
A number expressible in the form a∕b or – a∕b for some fraction a∕b. The rational numbers include the integers.
[AII.N-CN.A.1] -
Know there is a complex number i such that i2 = −1, and every complex number has the form a + bi with x-a and b real.
[AII.A-APR.D.6] -
Rewrite simple rational expressions in different forms; write a(x)/b(x) in the form q(x) + r(x)/b(x), where a(x), b(x), q(x), and r(x) are polynomials with the degree of r(x) less than the degree of b(x), using inspection, long division, or, for the more complicated examples, a computer algebra system.